Sanitary manicuring towel



April 15, 1930. v L.GROM 1,755,113

SANITARY MANICURING TOWEL Fild Sept. 15, 1928 Fig].-

Louise GRom Patented A15. 15,1930

Louisa ernoivr, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

' saniranv MANIQUBINGJJIJOWEL nii neaaoh filed September 13, 1928. warNo. 05,703.

My inventionrelates more particularly to' an improved sanitarymanicuring towel having one'portion of its length composed of crepepaper and an intermediate portion of a 5 combination of fabric'andpaperon'gtop of one another, and the other end'portion of fabric, sothat allof the portions united together form a single towel.

An important obj ectof my invention is to I provide a towel which issanitary and sufiithe cuticle of a person by such bacterial mat ters, orforcethe short hairs notremoved from such towels, under the cuticle andso as to:form ulcerations upon the user. thereof. Further, the costofwashing such towelsis greatly in excess of the cost of producing thetowels'made in accordance with my invention. c 7 a WVith this and otherobjects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the

particularly pointed out and claimed, it being understood thatminorchanges may be W without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention. 1 I The accompanying drawings willserve to illustrate my invention." 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of'a continuous piece of crepe orabsorbent paper.

Figure 2 is also a perspectiveview of a hand towel;

vention, havingcombined Figure 1 with that of Figure 2, so that asanitary manicuring Y towel is formed thereby.

Figure 4c is a side view of Figure 3.

invention resides in the'novel combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more made within the scope of whatfis claimed Figure 3 isaperspective view of the'inure 8 showing theparts enlarged orexaggerated.

Like reference characters refer to like members in the various figures.

Referring now moreparticularly to the drawings, this inventlon comprisesa continuous pie'ceof crepe or'absorbent paper --,1O,Vbeing preferablytwenty five inches in length and fifteen inches in'width, as shown inFigure 1, or any other desirable soft paper, 7

being of a contlnuous piece. 7

- Figure Qf'lS' a hand towel which consists of a doubled layer offabric, gauze or cheesecloth 11 and 12, rectangular inv configuration,and.

upon one side thereof a piece of crepe or absorbent paper 13 is stitchedthereon by means'of stitchings 14, so that a cheesecloth flap15willextend crosswise thereof. The

whiting bleach cord-16 is enclosed in the ex- ,treme marginal lappedover end of the flap,

which cord is particularly adapted for they cleaning ofnails bymanicurists when the same is operated as described hereinafter. However,itis to be understood that this whiting bleach cord;16 may be eliminatedwherever it is not desired or essential in any of the figures shown. Thehand towel shown in Figure 2 is finished 01f onthree sides so that thesame will present a neatappearance. Figure 3 is an illustration of thesanitary manicuring towel combining Figure 2 together with thatofFigure 1. Itwill be noticedgthat in Figure 3'the absorbentpaper '10 isof a continuous piece so that a portion 1 thereof extends crosswiseas at17,thisend b'eingbut of a single layer. 1 Theintermediate portion ofthis towel comprises four-layers,

two of which layers are of cheeseclothll and 12, (being doubled overupon'each other) and-the other two layers of which are of paper 13 and.10; The crosswise flap 15 is of course acontinuation ofthe doubledlayers of cheesecloth 11 and 12and in the marginal end thereof the-whiting bleach cord isin closed in the same manner as in Figure 2. c

In order to make the towel as shown in Figure 2 especially suitable as asanitary napkin for women, it should be clearly understood I w I thatlayer 13 insuch an instanceis comprised Figure 5 is a fragmentaryportion-of F igofgwadding sheetmaterial (manufactured cloth) backed byan absorbent paper. Likewise the same applies to Figure 3 when this formis desired to be used as a sanitary napkin for women; however, when soused for this purpose, it is to be understood that the whiting bleachcord 16 may be entirely eliminated.

In use, thesanitary manicuring towel (Fig ure 3) is laid over a supportby the manicurist, such as a pillow or rail with the paper portiontowards the person whose nails are under treatment, and the flexibleportion of the fabric and paper combined is nearer to the operator. Inusing the sanitary manicuring towel,

the operator handles the fabric and combined The bottom ofatheflexible'fla-p is used by the .manicurist:especiallywhen the'flap isprovided withithe whitingbleach cord, by sliding it-back and forthunderneath the nails which, as a result-thereof, 1t willbe seen, theclean-- ing operation of that portion of the nails is well accomplished.The paper portion may be used by the person whose nails are undertreatment, such as to dry the hands, etc. and

afterthe manicuring operation is completed, the towel is thrown away orotherwise destroyed. 7

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit'of theinvention, for example, instead of uniting the crepe or absorbent papertogether with the fabric, cloth or gauze by means of stitching, meansmight be devised whereby such uniting might be accomplished byInea11s'0f weaving them together in the process of the manufacture ofthe paper and gauze, or cloth, to form a towel.

Itis further to be understood that I'do not limit myself on length,width, thickness of the cheesecloth, fabric, or substitutes upon thepaper or papersubstitutes forming thehand towels, or inanicuring towels,nor do 1 limit myself on the length, width or thickness of the sheetwadding utilized in connection with the sanitary napkin for women aspreviously set forth. Y

' Having thus described my invention wha III-claim as new'and desire tosecure Letters Patent upon is :Q

1. A manicure towel, one portion thereof being formed of absorbentpaper, another porion thereof being formed of gauze material, a portionof said gauze material being united with said absorbent paper, aflap ofgauze strip, saidflap being an extension of the first mentioned gauzematerial.

2. A manicure towel, one portion'therof being formed of crepe paper,another portion thereof being formed of fabric material, the greaterportion of said fabric material being 'united'with said 'crepe'paper, aflexible'flap of fabric strip, said flexible flap being a crosswiseextension of the first mentioned fabric material.

8. A manicure towel, one portion thereof being formed of crepe paper,another portion thereof being formed of fabric material, the greaterportion of said fabric material being united with said crepe paper, aflexible flap of fabric strip, said flexible flap being a crosswiseextension of the first mentioned fabric material, a whiting bleach cordlocated in and near the marginal border of said flexible flap.

i. Ahand towel, one portion thereof being formed of crepepaper, anotherportion thereof being formed of fabric material, a portion of saidfabric material being united with, said crepe paper, a flap of fabricstrip, said flap being an extension of the first-mentioned fabricmaterial. V

5. A handtowel, one portion thereof being formed of-crepe paper, anotherportion thereof being formed of fabricmaterial, .the'greater portion ofsaid fabricjmaterial being united with said crepe paper, a flexible flapof fabric. strip, said flexible flap being 'a crosswise extension of thefirst mentioned fabric material.

6. A hand towel, one portion thereof being formed of absorbent paper,another portion thereof being formed of gauze materiah'the greaterportion of. said gauze material being united with said absorbent paper,a flexible flap of gauze strip, said flexible flap being a crosswiseextension of the first ,mentioned gauze material, a whiting bleach cordlocated in and near the marginal border of said flexible flap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 1 LOUISE GROM.

